A story of a 37 year old woman named Alex, working through the trials of infertility, and now raising a little Alex...

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

I love my Doppler! And a request for help

Against my doctor’s wishes, I got a Doppler, and I love it! Like I said yesterday, I’ve been having some cramping after doing a little work outside this weekend. I am taking your advice, and I’m officially lazy – for the rest of my pregnancy! There’s no need to stress out like this, and I’ll have plenty of time after work to get back in shape. Yesterday, the cramping got worse – and sharp. All weekend they were dull achy kind of cramps, but then yesterday I started getting sharp pains – which suck! I plan to talk with my doc on Friday about it – I go in for my 12 week checkup and NT scan. Crazy, I know!

Anyway, I went home yesterday and sitting in my mailbox was a Doppler from my dear friend Laura. She just had a baby boy a month ago, and there she is at the post office sending me her Doppler – amazing. I was able to put it on my belly and I heard the most beautiful sound of all – my little one’s heartbeat… Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, super fast – love it! After all the cramping, at least I was able to confirm that my little guy is fine.

Speaking of Laura, I’d like to ask a favor. For all the mom’s out there, can you stop by and give her some comfort and perhaps some advice? She’s having a hard time with her newborn, with getting him to sleep and with her dealing with the lack of sleep and all the other stuff that comes with having a newborn with reflux and sleeping issues. She could use some support right now, so if you could go over there and give her a virtual hug, I think it would help. Thanks!

I got my doppler when I was 10 weeks pg because I knew there was no way on earth I was going to be able to get through the pregnancy without worrying until I could feel movement. I listened to my daughter's heart beat every single day before I went to bed clear up until the day she was born. For me, it was a way to connect with her in addition to knowing she was still growing and doing her baby thing in there. Once you figure out the art of finding the heart beat you'll be good to go for the rest of your pregnancy. Just a tip, it was always hard to find the heart beat if I went too high above the pubic bone. I seemed to find her 95 times out of 100 just right between the pubic bones and just above the hair line. That seemed to be the magic spot. :)

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About Me

I always wanted to be called Alex, and nobody listened to me. I dreamed of the day when I would have my own daughter to call my own, and I would call her Alex. My dream has come true...
Feel free to email me at adventuresofalex @ gmail . com

8/10 - Received diagnosis of compound heterozygous MTHFR mutation - one C677T and one A1298C mutation. Researching implications. Add Folgard 2.2 2x per day and baby aspirin - for the rest of my life...